OECD: Environment

OCTOBER 13, 2022

by Joseph Cordonnier and Deger Saygin, OECD Environment Directorate Although policy makers and industry acknowledge the urgency of action for the net-zero industry transition in emerging and developing economies, the investment challenge remains significant. The manufacturing industry serves society with a variety materials and products essential for economic activity and sustainable development.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Editor’s Note: Technology for CEA is constantly evolving, and there is often crossover between technology that can be used for traditional outdoor agriculture and for indoor operations. In this article, we explore an emerging technology, cold plasma, that has established uses in outdoor agriculture, but that has previously not been utilized in indoor farms.

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Agribusiness Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Many producers view their land as their retirement plan. Too often, while a producer retires a multi-millionaire, they cannot engage in the kind of retirement lifestyle they desire because all of their wealth is tied-up in non-liquid assets. The land will generally produce a good income stream, but that income stream may not be enough. For example, assume the producer owns 500 acres of land outright and receives cash rent income of $300 per acre, net of real estate taxes, maintenance, etc.

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Agribusiness Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The IRS just released Notice 2022-53 dealing with not assessing penalties on taxpayers who inherited retirement plans or individual retirement accounts and elected not to take Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) in 2021 or 2022 even though the Proposed Regulations released earlier this year indicated these taxpayers should take them. These RMDs only applied if you inherited retirement assets from a person who was already taking RMDs and were subject to the ten-year rule.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Members of the University of Maine team at the solar-blueberry research site. Credit: UMaine Extension. Editor’s Note: Agrivoltaics is an exciting form of agriculture that has been gaining a lot of traction in the United States. This form of agriculture is primarily seen as a partnership between farmers and utility providers. The co-location of solar fields and agriculture is the most common type of setup we’re seeing.

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